Obviousness

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

—Arthur Koestler

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

—Galileo Galilei

A mystic is a person who is puzzled before the obvious but who understands the nonexistent.

—Elbert Hubbard

One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.

—Randall Jarrell

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

—Kahlil Gibran

In art, the obvious is a sin.

—Edward Dmytryk